Jagan slams Midhun Reddy's arrest, says it's ‘political conspiracy'
He described the arrest as a deliberate attempt by the TDP-led govt to silence public representatives who stand by the people. Midhun Reddy, a three-time Lok Sabha member, has allegedly been falsely implicated through forced confessions.
"This is a targeted act of political vendetta by the
TDP
govt to cover up its own scams and failures. The alleged liquor scam is nothing but a manufactured narrative, created purely for media theatrics and to divert attention from real issues.
The entire case is built on statements extracted under pressure, threats, third-degree torture, and also through bribes and inducements," said Jagan on social media platform-X.
He said that the fact that Naidu himself is on bail with respect to a case on issues pertaining to liquor policy during 2014 - 19 itself, is an irrefutable evidence as to why he is stooping so low. The fact that he wants to nullify his case for acts during 2014-19 and also justify his policy now for 2024- 29, he is finding fault with the policy formulated by the YSRCP govt.
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"What is more alarming is that, while falsely accusing YSRCP leaders of a liquor scam, the current TDP-led coalition is reviving the very corrupt liquor practices that the YSRCP govt had dismantled. The belt shops and illegal liquor outlets named permit rooms have returned. While undoing YSRCP government's successful deeds of shutting down thousands of such belt shops and permit rooms and also reducing the liquor outlets significantly, the present govt is now encouraging permit rooms, belt shops, backdoor liquor sales beyond MRP and weakening regulatory enforcement," charged Jagan.
He alleged that corruption and mafia have crept back into the process of awarding wine shop licenses, and thereby placement of orders to the distilleries, undoing the transparent govt shops system they put in place in 2019.
He alleged that Naidu stalled investigations into those serious corruption cases against him and his close associates after coming into power. He said that YSRCP leaders are being arrested not because they are guilty, but because the party remains deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. "This is not a legal process. It is a political witch-hunt aimed at destabilizing a strong opposition," said Jagan.
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